American Civil Liberties Union

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advocacy group civil liberties organization nonprofit organization

The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and preserving individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and laws.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
ACLU 1
ACLU Foundation 1
ACLU Women’s Rights Project 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advocacy group ⓘ
civil liberties organization ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
abbreviation American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ACLU
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
public interest litigation ⓘ
focusesOn First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: First Amendment rights

LGBTQ rights ⓘ
criminal justice reform ⓘ
due process ⓘ
equal protection ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
immigrants' rights ⓘ
prisoners' rights ⓘ
privacy rights ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
reproductive rights ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
founded 1920 ⓘ
foundedBy Albert DeSilver ⓘ
Clarence Darrow ⓘ
Crystal Eastman ⓘ
Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
Jane Addams ⓘ
Norman Thomas ⓘ
Roger Nash Baldwin ⓘ
Walter Nelles ⓘ
hasMembership individual members ⓘ
supporters and donors ⓘ
hasPart American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ACLU Foundation

state ACLU affiliates ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
language English ⓘ
legalForm 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization ⓘ
method impact litigation ⓘ
legislative advocacy ⓘ
public education ⓘ
motto Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself ⓘ
notableCase Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ
Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ
Roe v. Wade ⓘ
Scopes "Monkey" Trial ⓘ
operatesIn federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal courts

state courts in the United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment liberal ⓘ
progressive ⓘ
predecessor American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Civil Liberties Bureau
purpose defense of civil liberties ⓘ
litigation and advocacy ⓘ
protection of individual rights ⓘ
website American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: https://www.aclu.org

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Civil Liberties Union → abbreviation → American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ACLU
Ava Helen Pauling → associatedWith → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Oswald Garrison Villard → boardMemberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Crystal Eastman → coFounded → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Roger Nash Baldwin → coFounded → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Ruth → coFounded → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
this entity surface form: Women’s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union
Annis Fuller → coFounderOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Crystal Eastman
Oswald Garrison Villard → coFounderOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Walter Nelles → coFounderOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
National Security Letters → criticizedBy → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
subject surface form: National Security Letter
Public Law 107-56 → criticizedBy → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Stellar Wind → criticizedBy → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Roger Nash Baldwin → employer → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Roger Nash Baldwin → founded → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg → founded → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: ACLU Women’s Rights Project
American Civil Liberties Union → hasPart → American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ACLU Foundation
Albert DeSilver → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Felix Frankfurter → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Oswald Garrison Villard → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Roger Nash Baldwin → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Ruth → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
subject surface form: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Walter Nelles → memberOf → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → organizedBy → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes → participant → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
American Civil Liberties Union → predecessor → American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Civil Liberties Bureau
County of Allegheny v. ACLU → respondent → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
Scopes "Monkey" Trial → sponsor → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes → sponsorOfDefense → American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
American Civil Liberties Union → website → American Civil Liberties Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: https://www.aclu.org